Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Some people must have seen the clothes used by the astronaut when you set foot on outer space. The clothes are said to have several functions, but the clothes are quite expensive to make.
Spacesuits are always kept inside the spacecraft when carrying out missions. When the astronaut walked out of the space vehicle, the astronaut did not escape the suit.
The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports that NASA’s current stock of spacesuits dates back to the 1970s, ranging from US$15 million to US$22 million or about Rp.217 million to Rp.318 million (exchange rate of Rp.14,493) per set. clothes.
But in 2020 the price of a set of astronaut suits will reach US $ 150 million or Rp. 2.1 billion. The clothes are fit for use within 15 years of being made.
If the price for designing space suits is quite expensive, it is called reasonable because the clothes are designed like a spaceship the size of a human body, not like clothes in general.
As quoted Business Insider, the outfit accommodated oxygen supplies, embedded devices for communication, telemetry instruments and everything humans needed to survive.
The gloves used are also extremely complex, allowing astronauts to perform manual labor outside the spacecraft for hours, even days.
However, the basic materials used to make the clothes consist of nylon coated on the inside, a dacron retaining layer or a polyester protector, according to the report. Space Australia.
On the outside consists of nylon coated Neoprone which is heat, water and weather resistant. Then consists of five layers of heat-resistant aluminized Mylar. The outer fabric consists of Kevlar and Nomex materials to make it heat resistant.
There is a backpack on the space suit, which can be filled with oxygen supplies. But the backpack is far more sophisticated than just storing an oxygen tank.
There are systems that can maintain air pressure, monitor the carbon dioxide content in the surroundings, normalize the temperature of the human inside to keep them alive when in an environment that can cause death.
Quoted Grunge, although the price is quite expensive, in its development the company also brought together ideas from several products so that the suit was cost-effective but still reliable.
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